Psalms 10 · Verse 3

Psalms 10:3

For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
Psalms 10:3, King James Version

Psalms 10:3 in other translations

BSBFor the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
WEBFor the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns the LORD.
ASVFor the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah.
YLTBecause the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.
DARBYFor the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.
BBEFor the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.
WebsterFor the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

What does Psalms 10:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. heart's--or, "soul's." desire--that is, his success in evil. and blesseth, &c.--he (the wicked) blesseth the covetous, he despiseth the Lord.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Boasteth of his heart's desire - Boasts among his fellows how often he has gratified such and such passions, in such and such circumstances. This shows the excess of a depraved and imbruted spirit. He who can boast of his iniquity, is in the broad road to perdition. Should such a one repent and turn to God, it would be equal to any miracle. Blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth - Or, he blesseth the covetous, he abhorreth the Lord. Those who are like himself he commends, and with them he associates; and they abhor the Lord - they have a mortal hatred against every thing that is holy; and they are under the full influence of that carnal mind which is enmity to the Lord.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 10:1-11

God's withdrawings are very grievous to his people, especially in times of trouble. We stand afar off from God by our unbelief, and then complain that God stands afar off from us. Passionate words against bad men do more hurt than good; if we speak of their badness, let it be to the Lord in prayer; he can make them better. The sinner proudly glories in his power and success. Wicked people will not seek after God…

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Psalms 10:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
הִלֵּ֣לhi.Lelhe boastsH1984
רָ֭שָׁעRa.sho'a wicked [person]H7563
עַל\־'al-onH5921
תַּאֲוַ֣תta.'a.Vat[the] desire ofH8378
נַפְשׁ֑וֹnaf.Shoself hisH5315
וּבֹצֵ֥עַu.vo.Tze.a'and [one] greedy for unjust gainH1214
בֵּ֝רֵ֗ךְbe.Rekhhe blessesH1288
נִ֘אֵ֥ץ\׀ni.'Etzhe spurnsH5006
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 10:3

  • Psalms 94:4

    How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

  • Luke 12:19

    And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

  • Zechariah 11:5-8

    Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not. For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them. And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

  • Micah 6:10-12

    Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

  • Job 31:24

    If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

  • Psalms 49:6

    They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

  • Psalms 5:6

    Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

  • Psalms 35:21

    Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

  • Exodus 15:9

    The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

  • Psalms 49:11-13

    Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

  • Isaiah 37:23

    Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

  • Deuteronomy 29:19

    And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
boasteth.
35:21; 49:6; 52:1; 73:8,9; 94:4; Ex 15:9; Isa 10:7-11; 37:23
Jas 4:13,16
hearts. Heb. soul's. and blesseth, etc. or, the covetousblesseth himself, he abhorreth the Lord.
49:11-13,18; De 29:19; 1Sa 23:21; Job 31:24; Pr 28:4; Ho 12:7,8
Zec 11:5-8; Lu 12:19; Ro 1:29,32; 2Ti 3:2-4; 1Jo 2:15
whom.
Isa 57:17; Jer 22:17; Mic 6:10-12; Hab 2:9; Mt 26:15,16; Lu 12:15
Lu 16:14,15; 1Co 6:10; Eph 5:5; Col 3:5; 1Ti 6:9,10
abhorreth.
5:6; Le 26:30; De 32:19

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Context

  • Psalms 10:2

    The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

  • Psalms 10:3

    For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

  • Psalms 10:4

    The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

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Psalms 10:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por cuanto se alaba el malo del deseo de su alma, y bendice al codicioso, á quien Jehová aborrece.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car le méchant se glorifie du désir de son âme; et il bénit l’avare, il méprise l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn der Gesetzlose rühmt sich des Gelüstes seiner Seele; und er segnet den Habsüchtigen, er verachtet Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quoniam ecce peccatores intenderunt arcum; paraverunt sagittas suas in pharetra, ut sagittent in obscuro rectos corde: